 Paige Greco in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1997-02-19)19 February 1997 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 November 2025(2025-11-16) (aged 28) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | C3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Port Adelaide Cycling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paige GrecoOAM (19 February 1997 – 16 November 2025) was an AustralianParalympic cyclist who won gold medals at the 2019 Paracycling World Track Championships in C1-3 women's pursuit and at the2020 Tokyo Paralympics. She set a new world record of 3:52.283 in the 3000 metre individual pursuit at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Paige Greco was born on 19 February 1997,[1] inMelbourne, Victoria.[2] She hadcerebral palsy which mainly affected the right side of her body,[3] and completed an exercise science degree at theUniversity of South Australia.[4]
Greco was classified as aC3 cyclist. Before turning to cycling, Greco was a promising track and field athlete.[3] In 2018, Greco moved from Victoria toSouth Australian Sports Institute to be coached by Loz Shaw.[3]
At the2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships inApeldoorn, Netherlands, she won gold medals in the Women's 3 km Pursuit C3 and C3 500m Time Trial.[5] In qualifying for Women's 3 km Pursuit final, Greco's time of 4mins 0.206secs broke the existing world record by three seconds.[5] In the 500m Time Trial C3, her time of 39.442secs smashed the previous mark by almost two seconds.[6] She also won the silver medal in the Women's Scratch Race C3.[7] At the 2019UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships,Emmen, Netherlands, she won the gold medal in the Women's Time Trial C3 and fifth in the Women's Road Race C3.[8] Greco was named the 2019Cycling Australia para female track cyclist of the year.[9]
At the2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships inMilton, Ontario, she won the gold medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C3.[10] In her first Paralympic Games in2020 Tokyo, Grego won theWomen's 3000m Individual Pursuit C1-3, setting a world record time of 3:50.815 in the gold medal race.[11] She won bronze medals in theWomen's Road Trial Trial C1-3 with a time of 26:37:54,[12] andWomen's Road Race C1-3 with a time of 1:13.11.[13] Afte the Olympics, she was named the 2021South Australian Sports Institute para athlete of the year.[14]
At the2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships inBaie-Comeau, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Time Trial C3 and finished 5th in the Women's Road Race C3.[15] At the2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships inSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, she won the bronze medal in Women's Time Trial C3.[16] She received the Medal of theOrder of Australia (OAM) in 2022, for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020.[17]
Greco missed selection for2024 Paris Paralympics. In 2025, Greco sustained serious injuries in a crash while competing at a Road World Cup event inManiago, Italy.[1] At the2025 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships inRonse, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Road Race C3 and fifth in the Women's Time Trial C3.[18]
On 16 November 2025, Greco died at the age of 28, after experiencing a "sudden medical episode",[19] at her residence inAdelaide, South Australia.[20]
